Improvement in stock-barns



ments.

n mannerto suit any kind of cattle.

l JOEL TYLER, 0E NEwVA oAELIsLE, 01110.

. Laim Parent No. ioaooadad 'August 2, 1870. n

IMPROVEMENT IN s'roottomane.4

The sehedulerefere to in these Letters Patent and 'making 'part olf the same.

To all whom 'it may concern I Be it known .that I, JOEL TYLER, of NewOai-lisle,

`intheeonnty of Clark and in the State of'Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inv `Stock-Barns; and do hereby declare that'the following is afull, clear, and exact` description thereof, reference being* had to the accom panyingdrawing and tothe letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specilication.

The nature of mylinventionconsists in the cou-- struetonand arrangement `of afstockbarn, as will he hereinafter fully set forth.`

In ordel to enable others Askilled yin the art to which my invention app'ertains tomake and use the salme, I` will now proceed to describe its'constrnc'tion and operation, referring to the' annexed drawing, in

y Figure 1 is atransverse vertical section 'of my.

(barn.

`Figure 2 is a front view, part inseetion ;y and 4Figure 3 is'aplan view ot' one of' the sheep-stalls.,

` A "represents the frame-work'ot` my barn, heilig di- `videdlongitudinally.by upright posts, in'such aman#V ner as to form vthree distinct and separate compartj The rear: compartment is. divided transversely into astmany sections as 4may be desired, each section having 'a sliding door, B,` at the ,rear side of the barn;

VBetween the sections o t" the rear compartment ar`e placed feed-racks, C, consisting 'ofhoards, provided i with openings, a c, as seen in ig. 1, j ustilargeenough toadmit the heads of thesheep;

' Fromthe rear side of they barn the cattle-yard shonldbe fenced oil', so as to keep. the sheep of eachl flock separate, the doors B B allowingV the sheep to pass in and out of ltheir respective sections. I This por.-4 tion of the barn 1n. y be 'readily fxednp in any desired The` central longitudinal compartment of the barn "is provided-with a door,D, at each end, so that a cart eanhc driven througlnfor `the purpose 'ofcollectng thedung or otherdirtin thebarn. `.The i'ront compartment is Jfor thereception of the hay, and is provided with 'a roof or top, E, having al' series of t-rap-doors, G G, through it.

`At one lend of the barn, directly on a levelwith the A top E, is a door, H, through which the horse dragging the hay is-admitted, this end of the barn being placed "ngaiilstthe side of a hill,l or an inclined walk leading up to the same.` l 1 I represents the rake. or hay-carrier, vconsisting of a head, 11,10 suitable sireto pass through the doorH. This head is, on ,the front side, provided with a` series of teethpd d, and from'its upper `rear corner project arms, c e, which are'inclined'backward, and support a bar, j, as shown in g, 2.' i

To the ends of the head'lfare attached ropes or chains, h, h, to the outer ends of which the hoise is attached, said chains or ropes forming a1oop,k,in` rear of the horse, which, as the horse travels on the top E, catches yon an inclined pin, fi, placed in one of the trap-doors H, turning the same over, and allowing the hay carried forward by the rake Ito fall down through the top E'. o i l Ihe pin 'imay be changed from oue'trapdo'o'r' to another, so as to deposit .the yhay in any part ofthemow desired. n v

On thefront side of the barn is a vseries of folding doors, J J, `held down. hy buttons m m, las shown in iig. 2. v

'One of these doors is hinged at the upper edge, and the other at the lower edge, so that one opens upward, and the other downward.v

2 The edges of the doors JJ that -meet arebeveled,

fas shown in lig. 1', the edge of the top door lapping over-that of the lower door. f l n The front compartment of' the ibarn, constructed as above described, for sheep` or cattle, is provided 'at each end with a door, K, fbrconvenience. in cleaning.

Having thus fully ldescribed my invention, n Whatl claim as new, and desire to secure 'by Let- Thetrap-doors G G, provided with 'a movable i pin, t, andv operating in'connection with the top Kand hay-carrier I, substantially-inthe manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The-'folding doors J J, constructed and arrangedv as described', `so that one opens up and the other down," and the edges jthat meet lap over, substantially as herein set forth.' i i 5. The construction and arrangement of a stockbarn with three longitudinal compartments,- havingthe top E, with trap-doors G G, feed-racks O O, and:

doorsv B, D, H, J, and K, all v4substantially vas and for the purposes herein set forth.

In tstimony'that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 2d dayV of April, 1870.` Witnesses: A. H. MARR, C L. E'vEe'rs.

JOEL TYLER. 

